Factors Impacting Growth of Employment

Dr. G.S. Mehta (b. 1954) is Fellow in the Giri Institute of Development Studies, Lucknow. Earlier, he had worked with the Department of Economics, University of Bombay, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, Kathmandu, Nepal. He has been engaged in research in the areas of development economics, rural development, human settlement, Gender Issues, economics of mountain areas for nearly twenty-eight years. He has completed two dozen research projects and published fifty-five articles in various reputed journals. His other published books include, Data Documentation on the Economy of U.P. (1987), Education, Employment and Earnings (1990), Socio-economic Aspects of Migration (1992), Uttarakhand: Prospects of Development (1996), Development Planning and Options in Uttarakhand (1997), Developomente of Uttarakhand: Issues and Perspections (1999).